US 11,840,830 B2
Sink disposer splash guard
Daniel O. Sullivan, Dayton, KY (US)
Assigned to Seamless Drain, LLC, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by Seamless Drain, LLC, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on Mar. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/217,646.
Application 17/217,646 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/383,588, filed on Apr. 13, 2019, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/657,445, filed on Apr. 13, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0214927 A1, Jul. 15, 2021
Int. Cl. E03C 1/181 (2019.01); E03C 1/266 (2006.01)
CPC E03C 1/181 (2013.01) [E03C 1/2665 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sink drain splash guard comprising:
a sleeve delineating a vertical, non-linear flow path and configured to wedge at least partially within a mounting flange of a sink garbage disposal, the outer periphery of the sleeve demarcating a first peripheral groove, the sleeve including,
a vertically recessed ledge radially protruding from an interior circumference of the sleeve to reduce a horizontal cross-sectional area of the flow path; and
a chute having an interior surface that slopes downward to direct contents along the flow path, at least a portion of the chute underlapping at least a portion of the vertically recessed ledge.